“To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.” Mary Oliver The Benevolent Street Zendo is a practice group of […]

Blue Heron Zen Community invites you to experience the practice of Zen meditation in a supportive, warm-hearted environment. We offer group practice, retreats, talks, and other activities with the simple goal of inspiring and supporting your own efforts to perceive your true nature. The programs at Blue Heron Zen Community can help you begin and […]

Because when we do Zen we sit quietly, some imagine we are supposed to be silent inside too. For most people, because they begin their Zen practice with this misunderstanding, they find the practice difficult. But for someone who understands the practice correctly, they don’t get caught in silence or disturbance; so they just go directly to their awakened nature. This Zen nature is referred to as ‘miraculous awareness. This awareness exists in each one of us. But because we are attached to ideas of silence and disturbance, our mind goes back and forth between being silent, being complex, being silent, being disturbed.

Bori Centro Zen is a not for profit organization founded according to the teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn and the tradition of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. It offers daily practice, monthly retreats and many activities and together action in our two locations: Bori Centro Zen in Barcelona City and Bori Sa, our […]

Located in central Massachusetts, the Worcester Zen Center combines traditional Soto and Rinzai traditions and offers Zen practices such as breath awareness, inquiry into the moment, Shikantaza or choiceless awareness, and koan practice. The Center is dedicated to helping every student find a practice that fits their unique personality and deepest intention for awakening. Teachers: […]

Boundless Way is an emerging Western Zen sangha, with lineage roots in Japanese Soto and Korean Linji. The mission of Boundless Way Zen is to cultivate Zen in the West through: * Establishing and supporting local sanghas * Training dharma teachers and practice leaders * Providing sesshin and other intensive training opportunities The ideals of […]

The Kwan Um School of Zen is an international organization of Zen centers and groups founded under the direction of Zen Master Seung Sahn. The School began with the establishment of its international head temple, the Providence Zen Center, in 1972. Over the years, Zen Master Seung Sahn and his students have helped establish dozens of […]

Mission The Cambridge Zen Center is a not for profit Zen Buddhist organization founded according to the teachings of the late Zen Master Seung Sahn and the tradition of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. The center provides Zen training, education and support through formal practice and everyday life. Vision Cambridge Zen Center provides […]